Chapter 1556

Bonnie vented angrily. “He’s always being dragged off to socialize, saying his superiors see potential in him and bring him to booze up. I call bull! If he keeps this up, he’ll collapse from exhaustion!”

“I’ll talk some sense into my brother!” Emily said, “It’s late. I’ll stay here to take care of him. You should rest. I’ll call if anything comes up.”

“Thank you, Emily!”

“We’re family. No need for formalities!”

Emily ended the call. Charlie watched her, then rose thoughtfully and said, “You lie down for a bit. I need to make a phone call.”

Emily nodded, assuming he had something urgent to attend to.

Charlie exited the ER and found a quiet spot outside, then dialed a number.

Despite the late hour, the call was picked up quickly. In a nervous voice, the person on the other end asked, “Mr. James?”

to the chase, “Did you arrange for Elliott to keep overworking

quickly replied, “No, I didn’t know. I just thought Elliott was doing a good job and asked director Lucien to keep an eye on him. We even planned to

to know who’s pulling strings behind the scenes. I’ll get to

trembled. “Yes, I’ll look

wait for your

waited outside for a while.

Elliott’s promotion might threaten his position, so he’s been exploiting him. The projects he arranged for

Charlie replied indifferently,

Don’t let hardworking

Sample agreed hastily, “I overlooked this. I assure

took a hit. Let him rest for a few days.

can take as much time off as he needs. I’ll talk to HR about paid leave.” “It’s late; you should rest.”

James, you should

headed back to

IV bag was left. He was sleeping more peacefully than before, so it didn’t look like it was

next to him, her eyes closed as

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